Toward an understanding of the development of time preferences: Evidence from field experiments

Time preferences have been correlated with a range of life outcomes, yet little is known about their early development. We conduct a field experiment to elicit time preferences of over 1200 children ages 3–12, who make several intertemporal decisions. To shed light on how such primitives form, we ex...

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Main Authors: Andreoni, J. (Author), Kuhn, M.A (Author), List, J.A (Author), Samek, A. (Author), Sokal, K. (Author), Sprenger, C. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier B.V. 2019
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